# The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

> A grieving teenager becomes the uneasy guardian of her neighbor’s carefully fabricated domestic reality when she sees her dead mother in the woman next door.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/96500

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Francesca Gregorini
- Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Frances O'Connor, Jimmi Simpson, Aneurin Barnard, Sam Jaeger, Jonathan Schmock
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1838520/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, melancholic, intimate, late night arthouse viewing, psychological thriller night

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